CROTAL BELL & BUTTON FROM COLONIAL CELLAR HOLE

[digging440yrs]

Me and little digger found a late 1700s cellar hole way out in the woods---heres our first finds. the bell is cool with makers initials--B W-- the flat button has a design but worn, nothing on back that i can see, pics were hard to get of it, design reminds me of a french coin--any info is great. i also found a trash pit loaded with broken china that i will get pics of today--------- - THE LAST PIC I FOUND FROM LINK BELOW ON PETAL BELLS, WILLIAM BARTON IS THE MAKER--THANKS GUYS !! P.S. FOUND ANOTHER TODAY IN SAME SPOT, BUT WAS BROKEN---HH

 

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[Digs68]

The bell is neat!
Great finds!

 

[VERMONTIS]

That's a great looking bell

 

[beau-bc]

Looks like a good site,nice finds

 

[hirstmusic]

Wow, that bell is awesome!!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds digging440yrs!

 

[cjon455]

Man that's cool. Sometimes those cellar holes are tough to find/identify. Nice work!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Here's a link that identifies the makers mark for you and which also dates your find.

Classic Bells: American Horse Bell Makers

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Here's a link that identifies the makers mark for you and which also dates your find.

Classic Bells: American Horse Bell Makers

And here's another good website for some of the earlier bells that you might be interested in for future reference.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

That's a great bell, I've found at least 20, and only 2 have makers marks.

No help on the button.

I agree a bad day of digging is much better than.....a lot of things.

And BTW I had a much worse day today than you.